This is a marvellous remedy for whooping cough and when combined with Drosera (sundew) its effect is astonishingly fast. Coccus cacti (cochineal) is one of the ingredients in Thydroca, the reliable whooping cough drops. If these drops are used at once, possibly prior to the onset of the characteristic symptoms, as a prophylactic, the whoop may be aborted.
It is strange that Drosera is a carnivorous plant and Coccus cacti itself has little to do with plants. To obtain the raw material for this whooping cough remedy one must travel far: to Algeria, the Canary Islands, or to Central America where cactus plants abound in desert areas and stony wastelands. The search goes on to locate a genus of cactus called Opuntia coccinellifera and on it one will find a small insect about 3 mm long, which feeds on the juicy flesh of its host. The insect has a broad shell and leaves behind a red stain when it is squashed on a piece of white paper. Do not be shocked to learn that this is the female cochineal insect, the raw material for the wonderful homoeopathic whooping cough remedy called Coccus cacti.
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